Facebook Apologizes For Sending Lahore Safety Check Around The World

Sunday evening in Lahore, a suicide bomber attacked a public park full of people celebrating Easter. More than 60 people were killed in the incident and hundreds injured. Soon after, Facebook activated their 'Safety Check', so people can let their friends and family know that they are safe.

However, due to a geo-tagging error, a lot of people from India, UK and even the US received notification to check-in via that feature. It made many people wonder if they had just missed a terror attack in their location. A lot of people reacted angrily on social media. Facebook has apologized about this goof-up in a post:

"We activated Safety Check today in Lahore, Pakistan, after an explosion that took place there. This kind of bug is counter to our intent. We worked quickly to resolve the issue and we apologize to anyone who mistakenly received the notification."

We activated Safety Check today in Lahore, Pakistan, after an explosion that took place there. We hope the people in the...